The Portland Critics Association has announced the nominees for its second annual awards, and it's no surprise which movie leads their 2022 field. Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All at Once is way out ahead of the pack with an incredible 14 nominations including Best Picture and Director. It's so far in front of its fellow top award nominees that the second and third-most nominated movies aren't even up for that prize: Babylon scores eight and Avatar: The Way of Water seven. These are a distinctive, not always entirely good bunch of contenders (Brad Pitt in Babylon, fuck help us all), though a little bit of individuality in an often predictable awards season is definitely welcome, and any group that nominated Mad God can't be all bad. Winners are due to be announced a week from now, on 16 January.
Best Picture
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Director
James Cameron (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Todd Field (Tar)
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
S. S. Rajamouli (RRR)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett (Tar)
Mia Goth (Pearl)
Margot Robbie (Babylon)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler (Elvis)
Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick)
Adam Driver (White Noise)
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Park Hae Il (Decision to Leave)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Chau Hong (The Whale)
Dolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness)
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Keke Palmer (Nope)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Paul Dano (The Fabelmans)
Anthony Hopkins (Armageddon Time)
Rory Kinnear (Men)
Brad Pitt (Babylon)
Quan Ke Huy (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Screenplay
Todd Field (Tar)
Jeong Seo Kyeong and Park Chan Wook (Decision to Leave)
Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Best Cinematography
Russell Carpenter (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Greig Fraser (The Batman)
Kim Ji Yong (Decision to Leave)
Claudio Miranda (Top Gun: Maverick)
Linus Sandgren (Babylon)
Hoyte van Hoytema (Nope)
Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Costume Design
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Shirley Kurata (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Catherine Martin (Elvis)
Mary Zophres (Babylon)
Best Sound Design
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio)
Michael Giacchino (The Batman)
Justin Hurwitz (Babylon)
M. M. Keeravani (RRR)
Best Ensemble Cast
Amsterdam
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Jackass Forever
The Menu
Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Animated Feature
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Mad God
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Best Documentary Feature
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Best Film Not in the English Language
Athena
Decision to Leave
EO
Happening
RRR
Best Comedy Feature
Bros
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jackass Forever
Triangle of Sadness
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
White Noise
Best Horror Feature
Barbarian
Bones and All
Men
Pearl
X
Best Science Fiction Feature
After Yang
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Prey